Garment.



T. O. PETERSON.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 30.1915.

Patented Oct. 24,1916.

' citizen of the United "l ane *ATENT time.

TRON 0. PETERSON, 015 NEW YOR'KQN. Y., ASSIGNOR. T0 ROXFORD KNITTING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPQRATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, TRoN O. PE'rERso-N, a

States, and a'resident of New York, N. Y., have invented certain Improvements in Garments, of which; the following is a specification. V

My invention relates to combination gap ments or, as they are usually termed, union suits, and it' is more particularly directed to garments of this character which are employed as undergarments.

My invention consists of an improved seat construction for such garments, which sea-t construction is available or adaptable for.

close or loose-fitting garments, for men,

women and children, whether made of elastic or non-elastic material, or of a combination of elastic and non-elastic materials; such improved seat construction increasing the comfort, protection and convenience of the wearer and improving the appearance hip bones of the and wearing qualities of the garment.

y invention resides in slitting the garment across the back adjacent to the lower part of the body portion of thesame; such slit lyingzsubstantially within a plane passing substantially through the joints of the wearer and terminating at i each side of the garment substantially oppothrough the hip The edges of the slit are preferably per- 1 site the points of the 'hip bones, and in providing acover for such slit portion which cover is permanently attached to the -gar-' ment downwardly from the ends of the slit.

An improved garment is thus provided in which the necessary opening may be produced by drawing the edges of the slit apart and pulling down the lower cover portion or seat of the garment when the wear-erassumes a sitting posture; advantage being taken of the fact that the part of the body to be exposed by the opening provided by the slit forms substantially a segment of a sphere of which a line passing substantially joints is the axis.

mitted to overlap to a greater or less extent, and the upper portion of the back of the garment may extend downward as a short skirt, which skirt may be disposed inside other form of fastening means may or outside the upper edge of the lower cover portion. Buttons and buttonholes, gr any e provided for keeping the slit closed. These and other features of my invention are more M Z improved garment seat opening and the cover or closure there- Patented @ct. 24, 191%.

Application filed July 30, 1915. Serial No. 42,819.

.fully My improved garment may be made of any 0 the various knitted or woven fabrics,

Or a cpmbination of the various forms of ments now in use,'and the feature of my is the characte'r of the same employed with for. a

The garment 1 shown in the accompanylng drawings is an ordinary one-piece combination, or union suit, which may have the usual opening vertically down the front of the same, or any other arrangement to permit the wearer to enter the suit, and a trans.- verse opening or slit indicated-substantially at 2, extending across the back, which slit may be held closed by means of buttons 3, or any other suitable form of fastening devices. In Fig. 1, this slit is shown as extending across the back of the garment in a nearly horizontal plane, but it may be disposed either higher or lower radially from the point a, as at ca-b or c-c.

The back of the garment is preferably brought down over the top of the buttocks tion 6, and such skirt is preferably reinforced with a band 7 which may carry the buttons or other fastening devices 3. The terminals of the slit preferably extend forward of the actual center of the body so that the length of the portion included within the slit or opening 2 is usually more than half of the entire peripheral dimension of or outside the cover porgarments and undergaring down or falling into the bowl and be-' the garment in a plane which cuts through the joints of the hip bones.

The curvature of the buttocks in normal individuals follows substantially the arc of a circle struck from a line passing through the joints of the hip bones as an axis, and by having the top of the cover 6-in a line extending substantially radially from the joint of the hip bones, it is possible to lower the cover for necessary purposes by sli ping or pushing the same down around the lower part of the buttocks when assuming the sitting posture. Fig. 3 shows aside view of the garment with the opening or slit spread apart by swinging the edgeof the cover member 6 radially in such a manner as to expose part of the body of the wearer, such figure also showing the extension or skirt 5 of the upper portion of the garment depending downward below the line of the edge of the slit.

When the garment is made of knitted material, it may .fit the body close, in substantially the manner illustrated in Flgs. 1, 2

and 3, but if made of woven material, which is relatively inelastic, it is desirable to supply the seat with a greater amount of fullness, as illustrated in Fig. 4. The extra fullness may be produced bv cutting the material which is to form the seat or cover portion 6 below the edge of the slit longer than would be necessary to enable it to close an opening on the line 2, or as though it were to close an opening on the line a-?), and by allowing it to drop to position along the line 52, greater fullness is given to the garment between the line 2 and the points ad;asuflicient for the desired purpose. 'In both instances, however, the cover 6 may be readily slipped around the buttocks when assuming the sitting posture as indicated in Fig. 3, without danger of any portion of the garment hangcoming liable to fouling.

The skirt 5, which may underlie or overlie the cover 011 seat portion 6, is sufiicient to prevent all danger of the garment gaping at the back, and this skirt may extend around the backthe full depth. The front portion of the garment may be open to the crotch or otherwise constructed, and may be secured by buttons as indicated at 3, or by any other suitable form of securing means. portion or cover 6 may be provided, preferably at its upper edge, with any suitable form of adjusting means; such as an elastic The seat gore section 8; straps 9, with buckles or buttons as may be desired, or draw-strings 10.

It will be understood, of course, that the point a represents substantially the axis of the hip joint and that in the main my improved construction bears a definite relation to such point. In the development of certain sizes of my improved garment, however, it may be necessary to place the point a forward or back of the hip joint, but in all instances it will lie substantially in the plane of the hip joints.

I claim:

1. A combination union garment provided with a posterior opening, said opening formed by a transverse slit extending across the back of the garment, the lower posterior portion of thegarment below the slit constituting a cover or seat portion and permanently connected to the sides of the garment from the ends of said slit downwardly.

2. A combination union garment provided with a posterior opening, said opening formed by a transverse slit extending across the back of the garment, the lower posterior portion of the garment below the slit constituting a cover or seat portion and permanently connected to the sides of the garment from the ends of said slit downwardly, and fastening means for detachably securing the edges of the slitted portion of the garment together.

3. A combination union garment provided with a posterior opening, said opening formed by a transverse slit extending across the back of the garment substantially below the waist line, the lower posterior portion of the garment below the slit constituting a cover or seat portion and permanently connected to the sides of the garment from the ends of said slit downwardly, and fastening means for detachably securing the edges of the slitted portion of the garment'together.

4. A combination union garment provided with a posterior o ening, said opening formedby a transverse slit extending across I the back of the garment, the lower posterior portion of the garment below the slit constituting a cover or seat portion and permanently connected to the sides of the garment from the ends of said slit downwardly, fastening means for detachably securing the edges of the slitted portion of the garment together, and means for laterally adjusting the upper edge of said cover or seat portion.

TRON O. PETERSON. 

